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Too many pictures of our BVI sailing trip with the Irvings, December 2000. Highlghts of this trip included a foray to Anegada, a taxi ride over Gorda Peak, and stange winds (from the SW), and NO RAIN!


Ariana lets her hair down...
ahair1.jpg 		Gitte braids Ariana's hair. Emilie and Ariana were
ahair2.jpg 		Anegada,
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Ross swings at the Baths.
swing1.jpg 		Ariana finds a couple of Gandalf clones.
acats1.jpg 		Rocks at the Baths
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Some of the party
baths2.jpg 		Ross and Erik get swept away in the surf. Actually it was a huge sea running, and it was much more dangerous than we had suspected. Total casualties were minor, however: a scrape on Ross's back, his special necklace, and the locker key (most embarrassing).
baths3.jpg 		Another view of the Baths.
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Erik and Emilie frolic at the Baths.
baths5.jpg 		Tenacious palm at the Baths.
baths6.jpg 		Erik and Emilie at the Baths.
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Picture-perfect beach at Mosquito Island.
beach1.jpg 		Erik, Emilie, and Gitte at the beach.
beach2.jpg 		Ben and Ariana
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Ben lets Ray(theon), the autopilot, steer while Ariana lazes.
benariana2.jpg 		Gitte and Ben watch for coral heads leaving Anegada.
bengitte1.jpg 		Ben and Ross
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Rick was attacked by a school of vicious clothespin fish. Serious business.
clipfish1.jpg 		A happy crew with Anegada astern.
cockpit2.jpg 		More of the happy crew.
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More happy crew.
cockpit4.jpg 		Sunseekers on deck. Whenever we tacked, deck folk would scurry into the cockpit, and swarm back out onto the other side at the earliest opportunity. Sort of like reverse cockroaches, we thought.
cockpit5.jpg 		We had a Zodiac-style dinghy for the first time. Looked small but actually was much nicer than the old fiberglass things. Ross and Erik usually swapped off helm duty.
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Another dinghy shot.
dinghy2.jpg 		Shore party heading off.
dinghy3.jpg 		Intrepid snorkelers return.
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Emilie with new-found friend on Loblolly Bay, Anegada.
emiliefriend.jpg 		Erik flies.
erik1.jpg 		Erik and Ross get garbage duty.
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Gitte worships Sol.
gitte1.jpg 		Gitte
gitte2.jpg 		Gitte and Emilie.
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More sun worship.
gitteemilie2.jpg 		Gitte and Emilie
gitteemilie3.jpg 		We anchored in Leverick Bay (Mosquito Island in background), and took a taxi over Gorda Peak to Spanish Town and the Baths. It was spectacular!
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Leverick Bay from the taxi. Drake's Anchorage and Colquhoun Reef in background.
leverick1.jpg 		Another view of Leverick Bay. Our yacht, Venture II, is circled.
leverick2.jpg 		Bitter End and Biras Creek in Gorda North Sound.
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Southern Gorda, Fallen Jerusalem and Round Rock in distance.
gorda1.jpg 		View from Gorda Peak of North Sound to the left, South Sound to the right of the headland.
gorda4.jpg 		Gorda South Sound. Spectacular, and we'd never have seen it if we hadn't taxi'ed over Gorda Peak.
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Southern Gorda, Savannah Bay to right, Spanish Town in center.
gorda5.jpg 		Savannah Bay. Looking down Sir Francis Drake Channel with St. John (USVI) in center distance, Beef Island and Tortola on right.
gorda2.jpg 		Ben gets shot shooting.
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Heeling on one of the windier days.
heel2.jpg 		Erik and Kathy hoist the main.
hoist1.jpg 		The Indians with Pelican Island in background. Best snorkeling is between them.
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Happy and loving Irvings
irvings1.jpg 		Ariana and Kathy. With Ray(theon), the autopilot, steering.
kathyari2.jpg 		Ariana and Kathy.
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Ben and Kathy
kathyben1.jpg 		A fine luncheon at Anegada.
lunch1.jpg 		Art
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The water was so clear at the Bight at Norman Island that you could see the bottom at 60'. We could actually see this mooring's anchor rode (disappearing in the bottom left corner of the photo) all the way down.
mooring1.jpg 		Ben lounges as Ray steers.
raydrives1.jpg 		Rick steers a holding pattern at the Indians.
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Rick and Emilie
rickemilie1.jpg 		Rick and Gitte, with Ariana flaked out behind.
rickgitte1.jpg 		Rick and Gitte
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Rick and Gitte
rickgitte3.jpg 		Rick comes out
rickhead1.jpg 		Ross soaks up rays.
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Ross fends off the papparazzi while up in the sail cradle fixing a batten.
ross2.jpg 		Erik belays Ross, as Kathy and Ben assist in fixing a batten.
sailfix1.jpg 		Ross bails out.
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Ross and Emilie
rossemilie1.jpg 		Ross and Erik, so happy together.
rosserik1.jpg 		Gitte makes salad.
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Tired children wait for dinner.
salon1.jpg 		Snorkel-hounds Gitte and Kathy.
snorkelgals1.jpg 		Gitte, Ben, and Kathy stow the food while Emilie keeps inventory.
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Our yacht, Venture II, in Leverick Bay.
ventureII1.jpg 		Venture II from the water.
ventureII2.jpg 		Venture II
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Venture II with frog-folk.
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